The count bowed, and contented himself with seeing Villefort to the door of his cabinet, the procureur being escorted to his carriage by two footmen , who, on a signal from their master, followed him with every mark of attention

伯爵欠了欠身,亲自送维尔福到他的房门口,那位检察官作了一个手势,两个听差就毕恭恭毕敬地护送他们的主人到他的马车里去了。

As liveried footmen swung double doors open, the Queen appeared

穿着制服的侍从推开两扇大门,女王出现了。

and David took from him a thousand war-carriages and seven thousand horsemen and twenty thousand footmen : and he had the leg-muscles of all the horses cut, keeping only enough of them for a hundred war-carriages.

夺了他的战车一千,马兵七千,步兵二万,将拉战车的马砍断蹄筋,但留下一百辆车的马。

So the Philistines went to the fight, and Israel was overcome, and every man went in flight to his tent: and great was the destruction, for thirty thousand footmen of Israel were put to the sword.

非利士人和以色列人打仗,以色列人败了,各向各家奔逃,被杀的人甚多,以色列的步兵仆倒了三万。

It must be glow and shine everywhere, with coaches waiting, and footmen attending, and she was out of it all. In two long years she had never even been in such a place as this.

肯定到哪里都是风风光光,有马车等待着,有下人伺候着,可是这一切她都没有份。在过去那漫长的两年中,她甚至压根没来过这样的地方。

It was opened by another footman in livery, with a round face, and large eyes like a frog; and both footmen , Alice noticed, had powdered hair that curled all over their heads

另一个穿着制服,长着圆脸庞和像青蛙一样大眼睛的仆人开了门,爱丽丝注意到这两个仆人,都戴着涂了脂的假发。

and David took from him one thousand, seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand footmen : and David had the leg-muscles of the horses cut, only keeping enough of them for a hundred war-carriages.

擒拿了他的马兵一千七百,步兵二万,将拉战车的马砍断蹄筋,但留下一百辆车的马。

In what stables champed these sleek, nervous horses and rested the gorgeous carriages? Where lounged the richly groomed footmen ?

什么样的马厩喂养着这些漂亮机灵的马儿,停放着这些豪华的马车?那些衣着华丽的下人在哪里闲逛?

and the aramaeans went in flight before Israel; and David put to the sword the men of seven hundred aramaean war-carriages and forty thousand footmen , and Shobach, the captain of the army, was wounded, and came to his death there.

亚兰人在以色列人面前逃跑。大卫杀了亚兰七百辆战车的人,四万马兵,又杀了亚兰的将军朔法。

and the aramaeans went in flight before Israel; and David put to the sword the men of seven thousand aramaean war-carriages and forty thousand footmen , and put to death Shophach, the captain of the army.

亚兰人在以色列人面前逃跑。大卫杀了亚兰七千辆战车的人,四万步兵,又杀了亚兰的将军朔法。

For out of all his army, Jehoahaz had only fifty horsemen and ten carriages and ten thousand footmen ; the king of aram had given them up to destruction, crushing them like dust.

亚兰王灭绝约哈斯的民,践踏他们如禾场上的尘沙,只给约哈斯留下五十马兵,十辆战车,一万步兵。

And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves hated by David, they sent to the Aramaeans of Beth-rehob and Zobah, and got for payment twenty thousand footmen , and they got from the king of Maacah a thousand men, and from Tob twelve thousand.

亚扪人知道大卫憎恶他们,就打发人去,招募伯利合的亚兰人和琐巴的亚兰人,步兵二万,与玛迦王的人一千,陀伯人一万二千。

A bediamonded lady moves to her motor over carpets unrolled by the footmen

一位珠光宝气的夫人踩过男仆所铺开的地毯走上汽车。

and the chiefs of the people, out of all the tribes of Israel, took their places in the meeting of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen armed with swords.

以色列民的首领,就是各支派的军长,都站在神百姓的会中。拿刀的步兵共有四十万。

Now the two armies kept their positions facing one another for seven days. and on the seventh day the fight was started; and the children of Israel put to the sword a hundred thousand aramaean footmen in one day.

以色列人与亚兰人相对安营七日,到第七日两军交战。那一日以色列人杀了亚兰人步兵十万,

and Saul sent for the people and had them numbered in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen and ten thousand men of Judah.

于是扫罗招聚百姓在提拉因,数点他们,共有步兵二十万,另有犹大人一万。

Liveried footmen stood on the palace steps.

站在宫殿台阶上穿着制服的仆人们

||1:Nor could anything modernise them.||2:American innovations, such as rubber gloves, detergents and vacuum cleaners, took decades to arrive in Britain.||3:True cachet lay in the old and customary.||4:There is a wonderful story of footmen having to remove for cleaning all the electric lamps each morning, as if they were oil lamps.||5:As for Lloyd George’s 1911 bill to bring in compulsory insurance and unemployment benefits for servants, there was uproar; the delicate balance between employer and servant would be destroyed, it was said.

||1:没有事物能让英国佣人与时俱进。||2:美国的发明创造，像是橡胶手套、洗涤剂、吸尘器，过了几十年才在英国流行起来。||3:老派的作风习惯体现了真正的贵族威望。||4:有个有趣的故事是说一名男仆每早起来都要卸下灯泡并清洁，搞得它们跟煤油灯似的。||5:就在1911年，Lloyd George专门为仆人开设法定保险与失业津贴一事引起骚动；舆论说这将打破雇主与佣人间微妙的平衡。

The footmen were as ready to serve her as they were their own mistress.

仆人们愿意服侍她，就像他们愿意服侍他们的女主人一样。